.\" Generated from pam_strerror.c by gendoc.pl
.Dd May 31, 2025
.Dt PAM_STRERROR 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pam_strerror
.Nd get PAM standard error message string
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/types.h
.In security/pam_appl.h
.Ft "const char *"
.Fn pam_strerror "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int error_number"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn pam_strerror
function returns a pointer to a string containing a
textual description of the error indicated by the
.Fa error_number
argument.
The
.Fa pamh
argument is ignored.
For compatibility with other implementations, it should be either a
valid PAM handle returned by a previous call to
.Xr pam_start 3 ,
or
.Dv NULL .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn pam_strerror
function returns
.Dv NULL
on failure.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pam 3 ,
.Xr pam_start 3
.Sh STANDARDS
.Rs
.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
.%D "June 1997"
.Re
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Fn pam_strerror
function and this manual page were
developed for the
.Fx
Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
.Pp
The OpenPAM library is maintained by
.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.dev .
